Editing Ivo Caprino (section)

==''The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix''==
In 1970, Caprino and his small team of collaborators, started work on a 25-minute TV special, which eventually became ''[[The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix]]''.  Based on a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author, [[Kjell Aukrust]], it featured a group of eccentric characters all living in the small village of Pinchcliffe.  The TV special was a collection of sketches based on Aukrust's books, with no real story line.  After 1.5 years of work, it was decided that it didn't really work as a whole, so production on the TV special was stopped (except for some very short clips, no material from it has ever been seen by the public), and Caprino and Aukrust instead wrote a screenplay for a feature film using the characters and environments that had already been built.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goulding |first=Andy |date=June 21, 2012 |title=PINCHCLIFFE GRAND PRIX (FLAKLYPA GRAND PRIX) |url=https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2012/06/pinchcliffe-grand-prix-flaklypa-grand-prix/ |access-date=Feb 19, 2024 |website=Blue Print Review}}</ref>

The result was ''The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix'', which stars Theodore Rimspoke ([[Norwegian language|No]]. Reodor Felgen) and his two assistants, Sonny Duckworth ([[Norwegian language|No]]. Solan Gundersen), a cheerful and optimistic bird, and Lambert ([[Norwegian language|No]]. Ludvig), a nervous, pessimistic and melancholic hedgehog.  Theodore works as a bicycle repairman, though he spends most of his time inventing weird [[Rube Goldberg]]-like contraptions.  One day, the trio discover that one of Theodore's former assistants, Rudolph Gore-Slimey ({{langx|no|Rudolf Blodstrupmoen}}), has stolen his design for a race car engine, and has become a world champion [[Formula One]] driver.  Sonny secures funding from an Arab oil sheik who happens to be vacationing in Pinchcliffe, and the trio then build a gigantic racing car, ''[[Il Tempo Gigante]]''—a fabulous construction with two engines, radar, and its own blood bank.  Theodore then enters a race, and ends up winning, beating Gore-Slimey despite his attempts at sabotage.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

[[File:Caprinofilm - L0040 630Fo30141608220076.jpg|thumb|Ingeborg Gude paints a clown (1954)]]

The film was made in 3.5 years by a team of five people. Caprino directed and animated.  Bjarne Sandemose (Caprino's principal collaborator throughout his career) built the sets and the cars, and was in charge of the technical side.  Ingeborg Riiser modeled the puppets and Gerd Alfsen made the costumes and props.  When it came out in 1975, The movie was a large success in Norway, selling one million tickets in its first year of release.  It remains the biggest box office hit of all time in Norway.  Caprino Studios claims it has sold 5.5 million tickets to date.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

There is a rollercoaster replica of Il Tempo Gigante at [[Hunderfossen Familiepark]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Il Tempo Extra Gigante - Attraksjoner - Hunderfossen Eventyrpark |url=https://hunderfossen.no/en/attraksjoner/il-tempo-extra-gigante/ |access-date=Feb 25, 2024 |website=Hunderfossen Eventyrpark}}</ref>